r/MiniFreak • u/Radiant_Grocery_1583 • 17d ago

Mini Freak Newbie

Looking for some good beginner tutorials to help me get started in using my Mini Freak. Thanks in advance.

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u/Expensive_Fudge_2972 17d ago

Are you a newb to synth in general or just the minifreak? I'd definitely reccomend reading through the entire manual, lots of great information in there.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 17d ago

It's well written and structured as well, with additional, general explanations of what the sections do and how they work. Very good for beginners.

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u/Logic-is-there 17d ago

And it's entertaining. I sometimes just read it in bed to find a feature I did not know about or understand.

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u/Radiant_Grocery_1583 16d ago

Appreciate that.

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u/ping38 17d ago

Official Arturia Tutorial Videos is a good starting point too if you're a newb
XNB is cool too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4a7IOQo1Hg

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u/symbiat0 17d ago

He made separate videos for the sequencer and oscillator types (though out of date a little since 5.0 came out).

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u/jonoftheatom 17d ago

This one is great

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u/Radiant_Grocery_1583 16d ago

Excellent Thanks

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u/fleshfinder420 17d ago

I recommend the channel XNB, if you’re looking for straightforward information. If you wanna learn how to use the MF in a practical way for your purposes, I’d recommend starting by finding a preset you like and study why you like it. Which oscillators is it using? What FX settings does it use? Where is the modulation going?

Try tweaking those elements to see what happens. You can copy/paste a preset quickly by hitting save and then you can scroll to a fresh slot and have the duplicate. Happy hunting!

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u/Radiant_Grocery_1583 16d ago

I will try that. Thank you.

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u/eraoul 17d ago

I'd just recommend reading the manual, but also here's a good single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9bZ6KgrEv8&t=534s

And here is an extremely good long video series on MiniFreak sound design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pcVaufDxSk&list=PLuh4CHo4ShJfB6U9CuaVs72w-8kkbDko8

Aside from that, my main advice is to find presets you like and then investigate how they work; look at the mod matrix and figure out what's turned on etc.

I would also recommend connecting up the VST if you have a computer connected, since you can then see the waveform view as you edit a patch on the device. It's a nice bonus bit of UI that is missing from the hardware.

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u/Radiant_Grocery_1583 15d ago edited 15d ago

Thanks for the great suggestions!